However, at the fundraiser,
Biden went on to say that based on data his team has collected,
Trump's base is “among the people I grew up with, white working-class, high-school educated people.”
He said these people were
“going through a really difficult transition” in 2016 and that Trump said to them: “‘Look, the reason that you're being hurt is because the Democrats did this to you. They don't care about you. You're the forgotten man’... Well, as soon as he got elected, you forgot the forgotten man,” Biden said.
“It’s about dignity. ... He doesn’t seem to give a damn about it, he doesn’t talk about it at all,
he has no sense of empathy,” Biden said, referring to Trump
“That’s why I think the Democratic party will be able to win those folks back.”
The people who voted Republican last time... who don’t want to vote for Trump, whether they want to vote for me or not is a different story, but they don’t want to vote for Trump, they’re looking for an alternative and I think, I hope to God, I can provide that alternative…I really mean it. I think there’s a chance,” Biden went on.
Biden's generalization was seemingly not nearly as sweeping as Clinton's, but the Trump campaign argued the substance of the claim was the same.
His virtual events, which usually draw a viewership of approximately 1,000 to 2,000, have been marred by some technical glitches and apparent snafus. In one virtual town hall, Biden appeared to read from a teleprompter, and even said "quote" at one point -- suggesting that his script contained a phrase in quotation marks.
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